IC 2441 NED01
IC 2441 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
514 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 514 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2441 NED01 as it looked roughly 514 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2442Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 2433Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 2443Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2433Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2465Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 2466Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 2464Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 2443Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).